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A DAY OF SPRING.
vim noway*, swoeqriendspf our youth and age,
Wele . otne to yoni. haunts,ngain,
F,ager aabirds that.'have burst the cage.
Or steeds that have snapped the rein.
Fill your bright - imps in the balmy sir!
We ham thirsted long for the draught they
bear:
We have languished all for the sunny day .
That calls us back to the, green wood's ahade,
Oar dreams have been of the songsters' glade,
And starry showers of the fragrant May.
The fairy moth and the dark wild bee
'Mingle together the gleaming wing;
And the squirrel skips from tree to tree,
And the sunbeams dance In the pebbly spring.
Sweet are thy waters, 0, rippling pool!
There do the first given creases grow;
And the meado queen on thy margin cool
Sheddethpe ume from her tuft of snow;
And there, on the sedgy bank beieath,
Lore's tender dower, with sorrowing eye,
Is:telling still of lter true knight's death,
Or looking above on her own blue sky.
- -
Again' in the mots y wood and glen
We track our steps by the featimily tern,
Starting awhile from her happy ncsi.
The thush or the gentle wren.
A graceful lesson of life we learn ;
Happy and free our footsteeps roam,
Seeking and finding the violet's. home;
But like the loved of our early ci;:y . ,
Fairest and first they have passed away.
Cuckoo— hark, 'tie the jclo . us 'sound!
Bird of promise, we hear th 4 ea nigh,
In the wood's deep depth profound
Oh, welcome, child of a sunny sky!
How eould we trust capricious Spring.
Though her bright gariunds , fluated t re e"
The flowering thorn, balmy morn,
Or e'en the dusky swallow's wing!—
Loved stroger, dJ- T we looked for thee.-
Welcome, with all th'ings SA get and fair,
.Man's bricht`crown for beauty's brow,
Mope and health in the fresh pure air.
Blossom-fruit for the otehard's - lniugh: -
Say, have ye brought from tbo,happy land
On, charmed gift for the liert of care?
know ye have: for, as flowers distilled,
My spirit with essence sweet IS filled:
look around and gaze on high;
My thoaghts with a willing power e.ipand—
feel there is beauty and harmony.
Earnestly, and faithful, and pardoning wrong,
Surely the .heart, as an opening rose,
Touched by the season of bloom and sonz,
Shcddeth perfume as her•fea'ccs•naelose,
Lored ones of earth, may ye soar and bring
Such gifts to Ilea ren in your'days (-J . Spring!
Original. Stott:
Yll 1 ) ka, ti I E CIT7TO
-OR
THE VICTIM OF AVARICE,
BY S. W. T.
[co:inst. - ED.]
CII.APTEI lII—A New Friend..
~A h, sure my looks must, pity wake—
'Tis want that makes my cheek so paler
jlias.Okts.
4 —The little - good that we can do
in our short sojourn here, will not alone
Shod comfort on this transitory life,
But be (such is my faith) a faith hereafter!"
[Osnonaz.
Now' that Willie was sure of employnient
and a home for a while, the anxiety be had
felt lest be should be discharged ceased, to
haunt his mind; and though unpleasantly cir
cumstanced, like a true hero, resolved to en
dare patiently whatever hardships might be
fall him and hope for the best.
filintheart though a severe task-mast2r, was,
by no means as exacting as his wife, who ap
peared to take especial delight in devising
expedients to annoy-Our little friend, thereby
rendering his existence irksome in the extreme.
This unfeelingereature frequently taunted him
•With being a laiy beggar, and vagabond ; and
when his sad face evinced painful emotions,
she would mock his distress by ironical ex•
prewinni of condolence.
Slue observed he manifested a thirst for
knowledge; and in order to prevent him from
reading of evenings almost invariably found
something for l ifitn to do.
" What's the use of boys reading so much I"
said this vixen, coming into the kitchen one
evening, and snatching from Willie's hand a
book be Was perusing by the feeble light of
a lamp: " -all -nonsense for people, es;
pecially such as are poor to spend , so much
precious time after learning, which only puffs
'em up, and makes them feel above common
folks. I nor husband never writ, to-school
more than a year in our wink lives, and I
reckon we're proper as Well as some others,
srbo.think they know a mighty sight more
than we do. .1 tell you, boy, if you stay here.
you needn't calculate to spend your time
in dozing over old musty books; so Walk this
way, I'll fix business for you. You've got to
dress this basket er a: apples before you go to
pen', or you'll get a 'beating. that you sill?
lip along; 1104 uu ivbiittperiug_seither,
you sneaking ptissy-tit."
insults and labors Willie was non. :
;trimly anljected. - ilowever tuna fatigued
Pt the close the . day the evening seldom
Wow& repass to bis crbaustedfratne." The
bderrutnabU cant inFliletty barrassed Intp
Peediagle, arid he itrayi - ,rejOieed - wbrin the
liste.of retiring 'atm,.
Wilds !ray, ter spent sAirly twoo. -wedgy
For the DeroiDerat.
nanimous offer, while the noble lady, whom
our little friend regarded as an angel sent to
minister to his wants, bidding him a tender
"good-bye" departed, ruminating, as ' she
wended her Way homeward, upon the Wicked
ness of the world; the depravity of human
nature, and the utter destitution of moral
principle in the bosom of one, who, in order
to increase his stores, would grind the face of
tbeg>oor without feeling• in. his bosom one
compunctious sting.
' " Flintheart," she-mentally solilovised, is
a monster to use that poor orphan in so cruel
a manner. The retributive vengeance .of
Heaven will sooner or later fall upou his
guilty head. His imbruted soul, narrowed
by an immoderate thirst for gold, scorns the
higher, more refitting associations of life, that
(duster lovingly around the domestic altar,
wheie tirtue, purity and intelligence, a holy
seraphim, sit enthroned.
Busied with these and similar reflections,
she arrived at her own beautiful cottage, the
one that Fiintbeart so much coveted, and im•
mediately diepatched her son with the gift
she had promiied- Willie.
About noon the next day, as be was carry
ing some'wood into the parlor, Betty noticed
for the first time, that the boy's bands were
protected by comfortable graves.
" Where did you get those glower she ask
ed. eyeing him with an inquisitive look.
A lady who lives at the foot of the hill
in that white cottage, called bete yesterday,
and seeing me piling up. snowy wood bare
handed, pitied the very week and when she
went holm,- sent - her little boy with these
glutei. .:Thati is how I came by them, niwd
am."
-" A pretty.!amotb story, to be sum, but it
lion\ loot reqrensotiable to ti.e.
I'm tbinl:-
iog they're sows - You've itoieu, boy; let *no
see them." . ,
44 I 'would taller cot," said Willie fearing
• 4
if he did, he:would not get them again.
But 'I smut see them: They look just
like a pair I've had , in the house a good many,
years- I know right where kept therm, and'
if they#rw eons , yet:t i lt' Catch an *slid flagella:
tiou, that's whit you, trill 'you lying thief; so
just stay, hire till ratan," • : _
Ikea:floc, ep'stails she bounded - like,
t ur agt 4 Very; ie:ssitig Willie to his reikm
ties& ',tot his mind _ wes4szette * Gn he *as
r im. of picas. ,
when near the close of a blustering afternoon,
as he was engaged in piling wood, he was
accorded by a
_.voice so , tender and musical
that he started with surprise.. On looking up,
he beheld a wartnly.clad elderly lady, whose
benevolf.nt countenance indicated the good
ness of her heart.
illie,gracefully returned her courteous
salutation, and stocd for a moment, his gaze
riveted upon the stranger, who evidently_was
regarding him with a look of mingled pity
and surprise.
The lady first broke the silence by inquir
ing if Mrs. Flituheart was at home!
"No ma'am," said Willie, "sbe and Dir.
Flintheart are gone to the village."
" they return I"
" Not before night, I believe."
"You seem tbinly . clad, my aldld, are you
not cold I"
"Some, madam," replied the boy, resuutiog,
his work.
" Have you no mittens, or gloves f . '
" Neither."
"I should think your little hands would
freeze." •
"They got very numb sometimes, then I
blow them; that makes them feel quite
warm." .
"Why does not your employer furnish
.
you with gloves?" • •
1 "He says he cannot afford to my me any.
thing until my work is done."
"How long haye youn here I"
" Neatly two weeks." •
" Ho.v much longer Iye you got to stay r
e
"Two weeks more, if-I suit."
" What is your name?, if I may be so
bold 7",
" Willie-Clifton." . .
" Willie Clif on! that sounds prettily.—
Hiave you parents, brothers, or sisters'?" •
'., " Nikliving ;" . and the tears moistened his.
eyes.
'''' " Any-relations I" ,
"Not that I know of."
Poor 'orphan, I pity you. You are in
bird. hands, I fear. Could you find no better
,--
situation I"
"I tried .-a good many places, but found no
one willing to•take the except the - man I live
with."
t.' I wish you had come to my house. I
am not only. Well to do in the word, but you
should nut have suffered, with me, as 4 fear
you have here. I must go now, and if you
will come- to my house to-morrow, I will give
you a lair of- chopping gloves, and. some
other articles of apparel which,. I see you
greatly stand it: need of."
Willie thanked the kind hearted lady, and
brushing his humid eye lids.told ber he would
,
have no time to Spend in visiting her to re
ceive. her generous donation. •
"You shall have the gloves at any rate, for
I will send my Charley up with them as soon
as !'get home. You look sad and forsaken,.
my chile', but I Will be your friend, and when
your time is out here, you may come and lived
with me, and go to. school. You appear like
an honest lad, and 1 believe yon, are. lam
sorry for-you, but keep up good courage,
and all - may yet be well." -
Bursting into tears, Willie thanked his kind ,
benefactress /gain and again. for her Una-
6 WE ARE ALL EQ.ILTAL BEFORE GOD AND TOE CONSTITILITION. 99 -44ames Rachanius,
',.4llinttrose, Sitsgat#annit Cottitti, ' , par.51.1 Denting, gkprit 30, lON.
Betty,quickly. returned , without discover
ing, as - she said, the object of her search, and
boldly charged the orphan with larceny:
In vain he protested his innocence ; in vain
besought the implacable accuser to assure
herself of his guiltlessness by consulting the
Widow White: His entreaties/and. expostu
lations were ineffectual. As well might he
have essayed to move the heart of a blood
thirsty tiger, or reason with the vulture, as to
persuade the intractable Betty that' ho had
related nothins r but the truth. She had long
lAn seeking some colorable pretence for in
flicting upon the orphan a severe chastise
ment, and that ardently desired provocation
having at last presented itself, she resolved,
if possible, to gratify her fiendish inclination.
Flintheatt was summoned, and the circum
stances detailed by Betty, who counselled
bu Inm ry vengeance.
The farmer being, as already intimated,
very much under the control of his wife, was
preparing to carry her design into execution,
when Willie stepped boldly forward, and con
fronting the cowardiy-twaip, assured them in
a decided tone, if they presumed to lay vio
lent hands upon him,he would inform against
them before a magistrate.
The fearless hearing of the youth,
.some
what intimidated Flintheart, and be desisted
from his meditated undertaking. At this,
Beaty raved and stormed, but all to no ptir
pose.. In the violence of her passion, she de
clared, that the boy , sliou/d be flogged, if she
.had to do it ; and maddened with
frenzy, actually hurled a tumbler she held in
her grasp, at his bead, but the missile was
evaded, and it brought up against a Magnifl 7
cent pier-glass, shivering it
_into a thoUsand
fraginents.
Here now was " itscen,e," Flintheart swore,
Betty foamed and cried, cried and - foamed,
Until completely exhausted, - she at last sunk
down upon a sofa in a fit of genuine hyster
ics.
- WiMoja the interim, had made his" es
cape from the theatre of 'domestic confabula•
tkn, and resumfhl'his labor in the wood-yard.
ire was now more unhappy than ever: To
remain longer with the fat mer, and submit
to further contumely and disgrace, felt
was More than human -nature could hear.—
He resolved, to consult, on -the 'morrow, his
new friend, Mrs. White,-in reference to Whta
course she MigholeeM it adrisablefQrhim to
purSue.
Wnen . he en:ered the house that evening
Reny had apparently- recovered from bc-r
paroxysm of rage, but her bearing was any
thing except lady-like and civil. Flintheart
was moody and_ taciturn,—the disgraceful
occurrence of the.previnus afternoon. having
evidently wrought his mind into a stalce of
positive unamiabiiity. - .The sweets of connu
bial bliss ‘seie always unknown to Lis house
hold, but on the , present oceasion, there irns
such an increase of• 'domestic; infelicity as
rendered the moments burdensome to our un
fortunate little friend. Added to this, con
stant- exposure, to storm and Chilling attnos
phe' le, had brought upon ilia; a severe cold,
which seating tin his lungs, 'rendered res
piration exceedingly excruciating.
. .
Ile pleaded indisposition, and begged per
rnision to retire earlier than usual. This re
quest was reluctantly granted by Lis evil ge
nius, Betty,' who told Lim petulantl,-, his
pretending was only to get rid of work.'
Very glad was the orphan when.- he found
himself alone within the solitude of his rani
He strove not to restrain . the deluge of tears,
that gushed rip from a heart overflowing
with grief. He sobbed violently, exclaim-
"0, why is there n3agb t for me save priva
tion. and toil.? Why are the strong and ra
pacious allowed to inflict upon feeL t le, depen
dent creatures, such atrociousinjohtice! Has
Omnipotence furgotten to incline his ear to
'the orphan's cry ? Is He become regardless
o f the ktelligencies He has created ? But
stay ! it is.sinful to murmur against .Provi
dence, whose ways the' to man inscrutable
and mysterious are infallibly just.
Oh, what throes of anguish - dart .through
my breast ! I feel 'upon : my' brow a fever
flush. My limbs, how tremulous'! and I've
no mother, now, npon whose bosom to lean,
when ill. Ala., - I must bear my so.rows
alone. with none to mitigate my suffering,"
with those gentle arts, those 'fond endear
ments which none but a mother knows how
to exercise. I'm weary. of this life. My fate'
is as hard as that of-a quarry-slave ! Come
-Death, draw near, and lay your icy' hand up
on my.brOw, and free my chafing spirit from
its clay !"
Thus did he run on. His mind was evi
dently wandering. Until after inidilight,did
the orphan groanand. Writhe in agony ; and
when, at length, he felt asleep, it was only a
restless, uneasy slumber, such as.fails to.bring
refreshment to the .weary. frame. .
tiTAPTER Iv.
The Invalid—His depariurefrovs Kent/marts.
Fronght with disease.—to.morrow com es
And bows thy head.' [liar TAYLOR.
"Poorchild of danger, nuralilg of the.atorm.
Sid are the , woes that wreck thy manlv 'form."
jcisqnELL.
ig Fain I leave thia,shada, which has to me, a
Prison - been."
The next morning, Willie did not, make
his appearance es usual; and .hen Flintheart
in,a harsh T oiie , bade him come•:down, be
told lam he felt so ill, he could hardly raise
his heal • . - •
NQ wow had Abe farmer:descended to
fiteletehen etd iefonned Betty at *the boet
illness, than' this impeisonation of w*: -
ma* exclaimed
You ceed'nt tell me ! The lazy _ _ 'vaga
bond is a liar, that's what he isl. be's no
more sick than I am, and he's got to stir his
stumps. I'll bring him, the whining puppy,
see if I don't," she said, seizing a rod and
darting up the stair-way, her loose robes, dis
hevelled locks, and fiendish expressions of
countenance, making her. seem like a verita
ble Alecto.
" Why don't you got up, you idle dog,"
was her first ezelansation, as she vaulted in
to the apartment of the still recumbentsuffer-
" I don't feel able" said Willie Nutty.
" Non• don't tell we that, you lying imp !
I know better I Your face is pretty red, I
see ; but I guess it's nothing but a mad fit
that ails you. Come, get up this mlnule, or
I'll whale you with this cudgel, Ivie brought
on purpose to baste yo.o with."
sighed—lOoked thoughtful
Mem, then turning his -calm blue eyes' full
,upon his visitor, replied :
" Are you a woman, at:ti cannot feel for
others' woes ! Do you not see,* . tt a barn
ing lever is scorching my fleshr:- ley breath
comes fitfully and with pain. .
were I not this late hour wo..ila • not -Lard
round me here." - •
Betty winced a little at this: 'rebuke of the
boy, and modulating her tone somewhat,said
pertly : , •
" Maybe you are unwell. I'll talk with
husband and ree what can be done for you,"
and without offering a singlu cheering word,
turned upon her heel and glided down the
.
stairs. V
" A pretty fix we're in. now, I guess," said
she to Flintheart, as that doughty personage
Came in shivering from feeding his flocks, in
the labor of which he had been uniformly
1 as-isted Ly Willie since his arils's!. " I'm
I half inclined to think the boy is not well,and
1 I suppose he ought not to suffer ; but how
can we spend time to care for him I . Inked
I cant, and what's more I slant ! These's the
1 •
doctor's bill, who's to pay that? for if he's sick
I
! we must have one, or it will make a (*rest
0
1 talk in the neighborhooi, ycn know."
1 - " Why, if we employ a physician, we mint
Ipay him, I suppose," growled Flintheart.
" I wish tie had never taken him in," said
1 Betty.
. .
" It's too late to repent tow :. we did so,
, and have tb make the best of.it."
l• "It will learn you to look out sharper next
time.. I never liket the younver, and have
I been afraid some evil would come upon us
fly keeping him. Ihw I wish he`was out of
the house !.There ! s thought has just struck
imy mind.' You must go at once .to the
over';eers-of the poor an.l bare them take- the
103:,: in charge... Wont they be obligc;cl to do
it?'' r
• " I suppose so, thu' I don't know much
about• Such things." •
" Pd be ashamed to own as mu i .d4 were I
a man, but I am bound the fellow shan't stay
here any longer if to can be got away ; to
jast
_bear that in mind, fur Pin not going to
spend my .procious time waiting on sick folks
that are strangers to us ; that I 'aint. If
that puritanic widow White is such a friend
to him, I wish she'd come and take him he
fore he gets any worse."
" Wife, I believe your heart is harder than
" Fy I yen always told me so ; but I tell
zon it wont do to be too liberal. There are
such swarms of beggars -now a-days, one
could easily squander as large a fortune as
ours, in what these starched-up ministers call
charity. I'm thaukful,l'm not so generous as
some folks ate ; if I were, we'd be on the
parish in less than a twelve month, that's
what we would."- .
, . •
." Are we not commanded to clothe the
naked, feed the hungry and destitute ?"' •
" There, Flintheart, I wouldn't try quoting
Scripture any more,—Fm sureyou were nev
er cut out for a parson,-- 7 ha yha !," ana the
sacrilegious virago burst into ri *loud vulgar
hug!).
Her suddenly excited risibilities were
scarcely controllqd,lwhen a knock was heard
at the door, and Fliutheart, obeying the sum
mons, ushered in the. widow White.
Much as the farmer and -his spouse hated
this truly amiable . lady, 'they nevertheless;
bad motives
. for concealing their aversion,
and treating her with civility. Aceorkiingly
both paid her that attention demanded by•
the conventionalities of familiar intercourse.
- The widow had been in their presence-but
a few moments before she inquired for Wil
lie.
.*
- Poor child he is not very well this mor
ning, and we let him lie in bed," answered
Betty.
" Is he much sick I" asked Mrs. White,her•
countenance exhibiting an air of tender con
cern.
".Guess not," answered Betty. "He
seems tb have taken a slight 'cold. I told
him no longer ago than day before yesterday.
that he would get sick, if lie 'nail:lt more
careful of himself He's very ambitious, and
maybe he bai,over-exercised a little; but he
no need to, for we hat-en't been . bard with
him, indeed we hav'nt."
[Asoxymors.
" You arch hypocrite !". thought widow
White, as she inquired , how Willie li kea.. "the
gloves she bad soot him.
" Then you did ilea them to - him I" said
Betty, bet bream face perceptibly coloring.
K Certainly;(li(l'he not. tell you act 1"
" Yee ; fitit maw 4oubted it.
".I do nokbeliere that boy, would tell a lie.
I. like his appearance lunch, and feel a deep
solicitude for his welfare. Strange I did not
know. until . yesterday, he was lining here?,
" We didint try to keep the fact, a secret,"
said Flintheart.
" I presume not," replied the widow, "but"
ehe continued," May . I be.permitted . to see
him !" •
Betty eukely would, haVflt gladly denied her
this boon, for she was ashamed to have the
lady find the orphan in such uncomfortable
circumstances, but she could not well do oth
erwise, than accede to the rectlest. and ner
vously led the way to the sick-bed.
The kind widow experienced an icy thrill
as she entered the cold, damp room, and
could with diffickllty suppress her indigna
tion, as she beheld the miserable conch oc
cupied by the youth, who lap, apparently
asleep ; but in a moment be opened hie eyes
and looked with surpise upon the visitors.
" I have shown you up," said Betty to the
widow, "and you must excuse me now, as I
have got business below that niust be won
ted to, sick folks, or no sick folks," and with
out pausing for a reply, hurried to the kitch
en, where the was immediately heard engag
ed in - an angry caversation with the far
mer. -
" Good morning, Willie," said good Mrs.
White, familiarly extending her hand.
Tents were the boy's only reply. •
" f am sorry to find you ill," soothingly
continued his friend, parting back from his
fair white brow, the chesnut curls. •" Do you
feel a good deal of pain r
" Not so much as I did a lew-hours ago,
thank you," replied the sufferer.
" Where do you feel worst 1"
" Here and here," said Willie, placing his
baud first upon his - breast, then upon las tem
ples.
" My chili], I fear you bare, recently, been
biboring too bard."
" I know !hare; but what coull I do I
I was obliged to work or starve:"
'• Poor helpless "orphan I how my heart
bleeds f.r you, how much
.0u have enaut ed.
No wonder that disease haslaidits hand up
on- you." Thus meditated the widow, as she
turned her face to conceal a tenr.
".I regret,"..said !zbe, " you did not come
to My cottage instead of this place. I wish
you were under my roof now. Do you sup
pose you could bear to ride in an easy con
veyance so far ?"
"'Oh, yes, kind madam, I could walk
there, if by so doing I could escape froin this
wretched abode. I don't_ like to complain,
but you cannot fully realize. bow much I
have borne,,how unhappy I hare been since
I came here. Ido tot expect to recover.—
I've had a
_presentiment of, my doom ; but I
should like to die in peace,_ and have some
faithful friend close my eyes, and see that my
remains have a decent burial. I should like
very much to sleep in the "same cemeter) -
with my deaf parents, brothels and sisters,
but it matters little where one's ashes rest.
" You should pot - give way to despoadan
ey, Willie. Hope fur the better and leave
t••he rest to Providence. But you, must not
remain in this comfortless situation longer.—
If you think you can bear the fatigue of ri
ding to my home, and Flintheart will convey
- you there, you shall go at once."
" 0, yes; I could endure anything to ef
ree.t my liberation from this dismal place."
" Well, then, I will see . 113afatmer immedi
ately. Now try and be composed, I will re
turn saon:'
After some simple . yet neeessa7 adjust
ment of the poor fellow's couch, the witic,w
departed, with a smile, to hold an- 'lnterview;
witliFlintbeart concerning the orphan's re
t
Said this redoubtable worthy,, in reply to
Mrs. White's interrogatory as to whether he
were willing the boy should leave his house,
and ir so, would he corivey him_ to her own
.
cottage :
• •
" I suppose be can do as he pleases` about
staying any longer with us ; but if hi leaves
now, he needn't expeet . to get any of his wa
ges. I agreed to pay him when his, work
was "done and shan't before. .I, can harness
up my team and take him down to your
house if you and hi say so."
" We both desire you to do this." •
" Do, husband, do," interrupted Betty,
widoW.White— z good soul, Heaven bless her
for so much kindness,--is more used to ta
king care of siak folks than I am, (tho I guess
the lad will get well in a little while,) besides
she has not so much to do as I have. I'm,
sure the poor.cbild . will be as well taken care
of there as here ;_su go right off and bring
the horses to the door; meanwhile Mrs.
White and - I will get the lad ready forgoing.
Bli nimble now," she whispered in. the ear of
Flintheatt," for I'm - afraid if he's not moved
pretty soon, be won't , be till he's carried out
in his can, and then tber'll be a nice bill
for 'us to foot. Be spry, I say, if you know
what's good for yourself, and want to save
your coppers. Do s you bear I"
Flintheart, obeyed with alacrity, and in a
very brief space of dine reined op before
the door two . fine horses atteebod, to ait ele
gant .
Harry up with the boy,"- he shouted, es
ho bat in the' vehicle ; xestoduirig• with diffi
culty the - 'restive steeds that stood Champing
their bits, and pawing . the Suovklad earth as
if iu auger at, - ,beleg take" from their wane
stall that rainy morniug; ,
Betty and .the widow, scan Amok their ip
twamnoe shit-the orphan ekeety.wrapped
blankets, and the two latter heing,etnnforta,'
bly seated in the sleigh were rapidly Idriven
to the place of their destination.
The cottage ~wits quickly' 'reacbed, into
which the within& and her charge - quickly
entered, while Flintheait leiiurly drove away,
congratulatinghiruselt on his good.fortune in
getting rid.pf a!'„great trouble"-
Poor wretch! Though he WA'S_ to 'be pit
tied I ae was " heapingtiP wrath against the
day of wrath:l In view' of the baseness otitis
conduct, Omnipotence frowned upon him
and the Recording Anger sighed I'deisply as
he chronicled in imperishable caters the
record of his sinful deeds.
Ye oppressors of the poor, .ye who wring,
from the necessitous " - their vile trash by in
direction," though on earth ye may perchance
escape the punisruent due your crime% re•
member there is One who bath said, ' " Ven
geance is mine!" s
(To Sv CarrINVED.)
ONLY A AuRINTERI
Or, A Tale of Virginia Aristocracy.
•
AN INCIDENT RELATED sr GOT. FLOYD AT IRE
I, - "warts noun." •
Had I a tale to recount of the olden time,
laying the scene theicsaf in England, France,
Spain, or any of the old countries, to us as
sociated with so much romance and gorgeous
grandeur, in which there would ... be a plente
ous sprinkling of lords and ladies, priests and
nuns, magnificent palaces, haunted castles
and gloomy monasteries, It would be -Tar
more acceptable to the great masses than if
the scene was laid here in this land of plod
ding Yankees, railroads, manufactories, and
cotton speculationi; neverthless, I will en
deavor to spin a yarn, which, by the way, is
not altogether a yarn, but facts and unvar
nished truths.
•
I bad the pleasure of spending a few days
recently, continued Gov.. with. a
_distin
guished friend of mine in Richmond, and
while there heard the following'conversation
between - the wife and daughter of my host.
"La! me ; what krpertinence exclaim
ed Lizzielr., as she scanned a beautiful culuted
cote handed her by a servant. '
- " What 'occasions your surprise, my dear 1"
enquired her mother: i. t'
"Rather say indignation, mother, .at
being , asked, and even urged to take tea this
evening at . Slrs. Downer's, the tanner's wife."
"And why should you not, my dear 1"'
"Think you it would be proper, mother,
forme, the daughter of Judge K.,oue of the
wealthiest and most distinguislieCiiien - of the
city, to associate with such low-bred me
chanics !"
"Indeed, my daughter, if they are ti
t:hanks, they are a people_ well to do in t e
world, respectable, pious, agreeable, and every
way worthy your acquaintance." ..
"Really, mother," continued the - voungla-•
dy, as she tossed her pretty head, "I am dis
posed to think differently,,and so far flour en
couraging. E prefer always being removed
far as-possible from the laboring classes: Be:
side, how is it expeCited that . isbotild enjoy ,
myself in converse with such peepla, whoSe'
only •*talk would be about • the stocks,., the
market, and their own- private Concerns„ - -:-
Quite an intellectual 'tele-a-tete would it be,
mother, dear ?"
"Oh 1 fie, LiZzie, fitil But lam to blame
for this. I've shown you too much indul
gence; you are spoilt ;so I must es-en now
set about repairino my garden, and pluck
out the weeds and tares ere it be too late. -
"Come sit down beside me, Lucie, and I
v ill give you your first lesson of wolidly ex
perience, by relating, to you a story, which I
trust will lower yodr pride, and make you a
bettor woman. A woman with no pride; my
daughter, is but a droning, easy creature, but
one with too much, ii'haughty, niggard and
selfish; both the extremes contempible -and
mean. Be then neither too fashionably dres
sed nor too slovenly, too-devout nor too
worldly. A mere butterfly in the world of
fashion ani pleasure, making but small pre
tensions to rel ;gi on, is a character bad enough,
but worse to my thinking is the flery..zealet,
on th e other hand, who has too many rigid .
virtues • who is continually railing against
the world, displeased at everything likesocial
and rational enjoyment, and shocked at. the
least merriment, dancing, playing or any
amusement that the heart, in its fullness and
gladness, prompts the young and sprightly
to indulge. So then avoid ex tremes , of every
description." -But to the story t
Sixteen years ago, Salem, in Virginia, was
one of the most lovely villages imaginable;
situate in the heart of the great valley of Vir
ginia, yet commaudinga macynificent - view of
the bold outlines of thee Alleghennies and the
Blue Ridge. The viilage contained no build
ing. of note save two; one of them a.magnifi
ceui tenement, the . princely residenee 01 one
of the " old Virginia aristocracy ;".the other,
the only Inn, a small, gpaint, yet pleasant
house nestled in the centre of the town. The
proprietor of the one, a wealthy: planter
and distinguished officer of State; the other
a poor widow, whose only living depended
on the profits of her table, which were but
scant, as there was little traveling done, at
that day, throughlthis - retired village. And
the advent of a stranger. was always a IS übjebt
of curiosity and 'interest to 'the ;pod
,towns
folks, as it is always so in the secluded vil
laoes and iuns,' in the out-of-the-way places
or America, '
.
To this little Inn a gaily dressed, yet
weary worn traveler picked his way one even
ing in the autum of I 8 - The buznm host
ess, and her tidy daughter, *ere all life : and
frisked about, be.stiringithe savory vrvans,
delicious cakes and eggs , much to the satis
faction-of our hungry traveler, who appeared
to be a young man of soma twenty summers,
tall, commanding, of fine appearance and
P!easing manners. He seen, by• dint of ,
frankness and suavity of manners, insinuated
himself into the good graces of the hostess
and daughter; with the latter of whom he
appeared .to .he Much - struck, for she was as
loyely as she was neat And graceful. .
"Possessing pharma not unlike - Mm, almost
egos] to whom' I adore," exelainied the
traveler admiringly, as he placed hitivelf
fore the sparkling fire altar - finishing his- re. .
E ti "and= expect erelong -to lead 4 the at.
,tar, and with whom you, aredeobiless ss
qualittel, as she lives only in this taitnaion
Above the village I understand:.'
"-What! Emma -"White 1 4 . - -eognivecT the
felitint
SpritivOialieTiDol
with, berOlocedi.
claim ray , brlde.t .
4 o
. he it'll beautil
- Angista, tf'
s what proud a
"Not stir,_ indeed,
hes pride it in bar
_pride, which eves
- You salt . Min A;
well, I will.let if
to.aight;,s9atcoi
enchant/esti:l tie,
Early..ae* , t - .rat
permit, the . .i.eang
betitt'andg fit
But.
his fair hethrothed.
In a rnalaificentixat _
Erntua White and her motheritlioalooilaw:
ming a piano,- and,th other fatern4atir3t4
tirvant. , •-• •
"And sou ea.*._Sarni)o, lodiptiioi;
Ding at the Inn r ,
”,17:Ags ; Miss% 4e cook sat,
. A. ‘ Well, .you `ran- zetire-p-Iturso rYs it
even as l.expeeted; thaukat,...it nut lat or_
he rode past Last evenin g :
- •
" Well, Elan* how ack
him off; I'm thinking it
and delicate bar:less:l
SharnefeL. indeed 1
fan intmduced - bins to ti
be. brought him: formates
students, and nut a poor pt
never forgive Mr. Logan.
a .i f ie . - iii 4
" Ile is not to bilime,- y ear,• ,
l i
pupil, didn ' t letter say 4 wasrafttnit4.
man printeritA—'.l.---,b tiis coesiderialott
of his promising abilities,M "Lo , ,Ott Ilitfliiiicak
gratuitously to bring him to the It/41C
"Well,..for ell that 1111 ever-Mari : sr ittif
printer.. i did have a-ten r.te,garitforiteltt
Once, when 1 , -gave hitt' beta -13. deeieukA
him
.somebody, _so I acted frcini-thwpionipte
ings of the heart, but. new I etn!ruw,srler
better, judgment:" = - ' -- ri -..i. •-: r ~..:•!:•
":Well.please yoUrselt n tkarittatten itry
dear, l'm disposed to
..think honorably of= :, 5 -
but la ! me ' if he isn't at 'the door nowt";
Scarcely had she done . speaking,seheittur
. hero entered, and with. a - beart-unailosriat
with giatitude and rove, Sprung forwerd:lo -
greet the object of his iddlatryilttif.iamitimt
Lis surprise cud .dismay when te:mtienved
only in return a cold, distant tontlefY . ; whit* --
froze his blood and rooted .hitzt_tol the : item -
Bewildeted and astonished at.-Anch greeting
from his fair betrothed, hit turned - for mph";
nation to the mother, who, perceiving•tha
general eudiarrassment, stepped, forararN and
otfelin,g him a - seat, exp :tined to:hitstthet-,
since her clatighter's return from the Sprliigs,,,
she had, after mature reflection and'euttun
lag her heart, thought it beef to dissaveth*
engagement that had Lech formed - Worsen
Thee ruddy cheek of the 'suitor- beeline of
an ashy Italeneis, and hisbloodless Bpi gaie.
ered 'like an - espen leg M he faltenngly ex
claimed-- ,_ I 1 _, ••,. -, :-•---.• .
" Wheritt is my offence f have 4 , metited.
this 1 good heavens 1, and lis thitflte gentle,
the tender a confiding Emm ,la ' .' : .... •: .
•
"Sir` this - is hot the -
enact scenes," now 'Spa •' the daughter' -
"let it sufike to know ti'-,t we. are ever'-tot,'
be - strangers to each other. Yott • at-' \
tempted to deceive me, nd pis ''..yetticelf '
off tl - 4. a - gentleman, w 'en it • turtle'. out
you are of the wotkingbisseS ' -ohlY a liTin
ter, a Portionless journey att, a fi:trtunet tee)f-_,
er. If you had an honora le prefession, air.'
ik
.and was of a good family / as L.- - once AO& Ily
thought, we could be ,* unit but: as - if - is I
i . 43
esnnot and will not dese nil` solow-I' mt
- k
as the young lady thuasp ke , she-teased• - •hei
head, and with a look• ofineffable stottinta
Contempt; proandly sailed out. of 0640:Mt
Ovetwheimed with dis ay- and-attittg`.44
the quick,- the young an slit paikkrilid t •
many momentS, hut tee° ring stanbehat of
the shock, rose and stagOrpd'igit, of the room.'
'Alas! how crused were his hopes now. De-, •
ceiVed, slighted, siror.ge.l, confidence. betray-
ed, laughed 'at, and tree ed wiilt-seetn-and
contempt ,hy one whom he aderedned ; :loved i •
alas! too well, and all Air heing'a,.".low. bred,
base methanicl"- And tu‘hing.nkidly - kt the
Inn he sought his room fild."--tlire*,l4itapelf
desperately on Lis hurnbleloot,ftOM whioll-Elta
did not rise for two Jong, treaty, months; few
the unwonted disappointm6i and eicitetnent
cif thethe morning had brought:pa rvbitilisife
ver. From morn till night tind,oight till inont
the patient raved a wild Waniac,..Wling mom,
conjuring 1:6 Emma 'to joule backla um,
and with his impatience to itherruloncntem l / 4 •
wearied all 'about,him, sae ope,• • The pi t y. ,
sician despaired of restoring hitzt,a4d;Ogned
him to the care of ; the gentle August a, . who
watched at Lis bedside niht and day iridt
unremitting assidu,ty, bcre with hii - ji n hoCili•
ty, administere4 25> his Wants witlk.
.ktndwae ß ; '
:and ioothed Lis irritated spit,techigteses
tlest words and.treatment ) ‘ -
•
Finally; after the lapses:if Niter:al-veil* ill. '
began slowly to recover, akid reasdnietnried
once more..._ When hatinentirely recovered, •
he thanked ' tire : kind h os tess and, delight.,
with tearful eyes wad - Bea i t eeterityaint.seitk
gratitjide for their Ifindne.* in nateltiVincer,
him In his weakness addlafiritifitts.,:lfte
called Actuate his pr rver, -- 1:4-goitithini
angel, and told her be , -0 Aid ,toiheir•Ark.filkt
and that-he would erer,h Id rer jag: 144 d -
remembrance, and thmigh be itaythett;itheist
to depart. and would net, See : iiii-;agetw,3,frie,
years, yet: when* fortune stidieil.:, flpetilkita
again; she should''_ hear -fr rt.'3llas.--.:4llll4huri,'
he Lid her a-sorrowful ; to del .I;itieirell, 7 -tipd -•
departed ; ' • • , ''- • ' . 3 - - ..,..,-, ' - ,,1.••#, -",
Yeays passed, Atha - - titil • •the', isi6,l - -
stranger was unheard °f i n cialintisC " - '' - ,-,
by the good gossips of 3 lerw,%itibfiieliil34 . .
the One who ":shall sed ' his - iiftiriftilificEfitellV
White; herself ;;yet yet tbeiw As- vie tifftioicjit,:,.. I ,
do village ilk+ gave him id a 4; i*lt'ouli iiiiie:l
her memory, but *Teti' in bei-intsit.v-'3l - C*
the Jwite,ellll6gier!''''i
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